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He nodded and went after Arland

I drank the last of ?" Caldenia asked

"Yes, Your Grace"

"Would you like a few naot up I’d need to put on so more than just a robe for the trip If I was lucky, this trip would only wipe out s and arms intact

"Dina?"

I turned

The older wo theuests is now in jeopardy"

"And the fact that both of the to do with it?"

"They are very nice to look at But the dahaka threatened e in hed quietly

I went to get dressed I’d need good boots for this

Chapter Fourteen

I was dressed and ready to go when Sean walked through the door of the inn He saw me and his eyebrows crept up I wore a dark purple T-shirt, jeans, and heavy boots I also wore a belt with a large knife on it

I picked up my robe and slipped it on over my outfit It would be hot, but there was no help for it "Where is Arland?"

"Rapunzel decided to walk around in the woods to get ’the feel of the battleground’ He won’t leave the grounds and he proth in his body’ I told hi prettily so his woodland friends will coot it"

"Are you ready to go?" I asked

"Sure"

I picked up a large gray cloak off the chair and held it out for him He came over

"Why?"

"Because when people don’t know exactly eapons you’re carrying or where your money is, they’re less likely to assault you"

"Should I expect to be assaulted?"

"It’s not out of the realm of possibility"

I draped the cloak over his shoulders and fastened it in the front It hid hi back at ht erous but so alluring It was always there, but usually he kept it half-hidden, especially once the vali between the trees, but noithout warning, the wolf turned and stared back athhim

Sean wasn’t a ta into his eyes

"Where exactly are we going shopping?" he asked quietly His lips curled slightly

He knew exactly what he was doing, looking at me like that

I dropped my hands, stepped back, and smiled "To Baha-char Follow me"

I picked up my broom, swiped my backpack off the floor, and went down the hallway Beast ran ahead ofwith electric blue for itself into a knobby staff A razor-sharp crescent blade formed at its top with a fist-sized sphere in the ht on my back

"Let me carry that," Sean said

"You can’t carry it You’re ht need your hands free"